murderers!
yesterday i was watching some news report on marine confiscations for the past few months and one particular report caught my attention.. a total of more than 130 sea turtles of the Hawksbill and Greenback species were caught and killed by illegal Chinese trawlers on our water near Kota Kinabalu,Sabah. as told by the reporter,those turtles were killed by cutting open their stomach before preserving with formalin. it is truly a cruel way to richness. those turtles can fetch a very high price back in China where a turtle of about 60kg can be sold for more than RM10k (if i recall correctly).its shells can be used to make all sorts of medicines and also as decorations.what’s more saddening is that the average age for all the turtles killed were 70yrs of age. it’s shocking to learn of the news and that human can be so cruel to animals all because of money.this happened early May but i’m glad that i learn of it,although later,but it’s better than never. this helps to set a reminder to myself to love all living things and that they too have a life and the right to live!
here’s the link to the news –> Trawler with 130 dead turtles held
